Heather Lee

10.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
64 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Heather Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Lee has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Heather Lee's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (22 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (11 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (8 papers). Heather Lee is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (22 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (11 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (8 papers). Heather Lee collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Heather Lee's co-authors include Wolf Reik, Oliver Stegle, Gavin Kelsey, Felix Krueger, Christof Angermueller, Sébastien A. Smallwood, Stephen J. Clark, Timothy A. Hore, Simon Andrews and Christopher J. Ormandy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heather Lee

62 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Single-cell genome-wide bisulfite sequencing for assessing epigenetic heterogeneity

2014 790 citations Sébastien A. Smallwood, Heather Lee et al. Nature Methods profile →
Parallel single-cell sequencing links transcriptional and epigenetic heterogeneity

2016 510 citations Christof Angermueller, Stephen J. Clark et al. Nature Methods profile →
scNMT-seq enables joint profiling of chromatin accessibility DNA methylation and transcription in single cells

2018 437 citations Stephen J. Clark, Ricard Argelaguet et al. Nature Communications profile →
Cannabidiol in Anxiety and Sleep: A Large Case Series

2019 247 citations Heather Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Lee Australia	31	4.3k	875	770	645	425	64	5.9k
Wolfram Goessling United States	40	4.7k 1.1×	851 1.0×	678 0.9×	973 1.5×	1.1k 2.5×	113	8.5k
Thomas J. Corydon Denmark	47	3.3k 0.8×	413 0.5×	799 1.0×	437 0.7×	207 0.5×	172	6.1k
João Pedro de Magalhães United Kingdom	62	6.3k 1.5×	1.5k 1.7×	974 1.3×	513 0.8×	935 2.2×	168	11.2k
Lu Wen China	43	5.8k 1.4×	1.9k 2.1×	850 1.1×	855 1.3×	751 1.8×	193	8.1k
Laurent Nguyen Belgium	53	4.4k 1.0×	813 0.9×	773 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	260 0.6×	168	8.8k
Jeanne F. Loring United States	49	7.1k 1.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	593 0.9×	1.1k 2.5×	121	9.9k
Hongkai Ji United States	37	5.4k 1.3×	686 0.8×	769 1.0×	437 0.7×	494 1.2×	126	7.1k
Thomas Wieland Germany	55	6.5k 1.5×	479 0.5×	762 1.0×	657 1.0×	520 1.2×	253	10.2k
Sebastian Brandner United Kingdom	61	10.6k 2.5×	1.6k 1.8×	752 1.0×	685 1.1×	474 1.1×	325	17.0k
Zhijin Wu United States	29	4.3k 1.0×	776 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	391 0.6×	440 1.0×	85	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Lee

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20 of 20 papers shown

Haw, Tatt Jhong, Amanda Croft, Dongqing Chen, et al.. (2025). Identifying common pathways for doxorubicin and carfilzomib-induced cardiotoxicities: transcriptomic and epigenetic profiling. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4395–4395. 2 indexed citations

Rogers, Michael S., Neil M. Kershaw, Thomas Zacharchenko, et al.. (2025). Potent Preorganized Pyrazolidine Cyclophilin D Inhibitors Prevent Mitochondrial and Organ Injury in a Mouse Pancreatitis Disease Model. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(22). 23910–23924.

Bond, Danielle R., B. M. R. Harvey, Luiza Steffens Reinhardt, et al.. (2025). Hypomethylating agents induce epigenetic and transcriptional heterogeneity with implications for acute myeloid leukemia cell self-renewal. Leukemia. 39(9). 2275–2280.

Gao, Longfei, Heather Lee, Joshua Goodman, & Lei Ding. (2024). Hematopoietic stem cell niche generation and maintenance are distinguishable by an epitranscriptomic program. Cell. 187(11). 2801–2816.e17. 7 indexed citations

Ruffle, James K., Heather Lee, Emma Wall, et al.. (2022). Differentiating central nervous system infection from disease infiltration in hematological malignancy. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 15805–15805. 3 indexed citations

Nair, Lekha, Wanwei Zhang, Brice Laffleur, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of noncoding RNA-associated N6-methyladenosine recognition by an RNA processing complex during IgH DNA recombination. Molecular Cell. 81(19). 3949–3964.e7. 40 indexed citations

Gouil, Quentin, Sarah Kinkel, Tamara Beck, et al.. (2020). Smchd1 is a maternal effect gene required for genomic imprinting. eLife. 9. 21 indexed citations

Rulands, Steffen, Heather Lee, Stephen J. Clark, et al.. (2018). Genome-Scale Oscillations in DNA Methylation during Exit from Pluripotency. Cell Systems. 7(1). 63–76.e12. 54 indexed citations

Clark, Stephen J., Ricard Argelaguet, Chantriolnt-Andreas Kapourani, et al.. (2018). scNMT-seq enables joint profiling of chromatin accessibility DNA methylation and transcription in single cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 781–781. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Quatela, Vito C. & Heather Lee. (2018). Endoscopic Browplasty. Facial Plastic Surgery. 34(2). 139–144. 7 indexed citations

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Kalkan, Tüzer, Nelly Olova, Mila Roode, et al.. (2017). Tracking the embryonic stem cell transition from ground state pluripotency. Development. 144(7). 1221–1234. 196 indexed citations

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Clark, Stephen J., Sébastien A. Smallwood, Heather Lee, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide base-resolution mapping of DNA methylation in single cells using single-cell bisulfite sequencing (scBS-seq). Nature Protocols. 12(3). 534–547. 174 indexed citations

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Angermueller, Christof, Stephen J. Clark, Heather Lee, et al.. (2016). Parallel single-cell sequencing links transcriptional and epigenetic heterogeneity. Nature Methods. 13(3). 229–232. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Piggin, Catherine, Daniel Roden, David Gallego‐Ortega, et al.. (2016). ELF5 isoform expression is tissue-specific and significantly altered in cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 18(1). 4–4. 35 indexed citations

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Walker, Simon, et al.. (2013). Etoposide Induces Nuclear Re-Localisation of AID. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e82110–e82110. 3 indexed citations

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Ficz, Gabriella, Timothy A. Hore, Fátima Santos, et al.. (2013). FGF Signaling Inhibition in ESCs Drives Rapid Genome-wide Demethylation to the Epigenetic Ground State of Pluripotency. Cell stem cell. 13(3). 351–359. 301 indexed citations

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Ficz, Gabriella, Timothy A. Hore, Fátima Santos, et al.. (2013). FGF signalling inhibition in ESCs drives rapid genome-wide demethylation to the epigenetic ground state of pluripotency. Clinical Epigenetics. 5(S1). 154 indexed citations

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Panaretto, Kathryn S, Heather Lee, Melvina R Mitchell, et al.. (2006). Risk factors for preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age birth in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 30(2). 163–170. 66 indexed citations

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Graham, Jeffrey B. & Heather Lee. (2004). Breathing Air in Air: In What Ways Might Extant Amphibious Fish Biology Relate to Prevailing Concepts about Early Tetrapods, the Evolution of Vertebrate Air Breathing, and the Vertebrate Land Transition?. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 77(5). 720–731. 64 indexed citations

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Quinn, John G., Pritesh Patel, Brian Fitzpatrick, et al.. (1999). The use of regenerable, affinity ligand-based surfaces for immunosensor applications. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 14(6). 587–595. 48 indexed citations

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